Former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has arrived at the CID to provide a statement regarding the import of substandard human Immunoglobulin.
On Thursday the Maligakanda Magistrate issued an order for former Health Minister Rambukwella to provide a statement to the Crminall Invertigation Department (CID) at 9 a.m. today.
Due to his attendance at a ministerial subcommittee meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat and the proceedings of a case heard before the Colombo High Court, the former health minister was unable to appear before the CID on Wednesday (January 31).
Former Minister of Health Rambukwella was ordered by the Maligakanda Magistrate to appear before the CID in order to provide a statement on his suspected role in the procurement of substandard pharmaceuticals.
An overseas travel ban has also been imposed on the Minister.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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